NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VIII. 189 



coriaceous, 6 to 8 cm loug, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, tlie upper surface somewhat 

 appressed-pubescent, especially on the nerves, later becoming subglabrous, 

 tlie lower surface rather densely pubescent with short, pale, appressed 

 hairs, the base rounded or subacute, the apex obscurely and broadly 

 acuminate; neryes 4 or 5 on each side of the midrib, distinct, curved- 

 ascending, the reticulations obscure ; petioles pubescent, the apical glands 

 prominent. Eacemes axillary, solitary, 8 to 10 cm long, pubescent, the 

 pedicels 1 to 2 cm long. Sepals pubescent, obtuse. Petals unlcnown. 

 Carpels one or two, somewhat appressed-pubescent, about 8 mm long and 

 wide, the crest prolonged into a narrow, oblong or oblong-lanceolate 

 wing, 1 to 1.5 cm long and 3 to 4 mm wide; central wing 3.5 to 4.5 

 cm long, about 1.5 cm wide, rounded, the lateral ones similar and about 

 one-half as large. 



Palawan, Separation Point, Merrill 1191, February 18, 1903. 



A species recognizable by its pubescent leaves, and especially by its carpel- 

 crests being prolonged into a manifest wing, making the carpels appear as though 

 they were four-winged, whence the specific name. 



5. Hiptage macroptera sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber vel subglaber; foliis 

 elliptico-oblongis vel ovato-ellipticis, acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 

 6; racemis densis, axillaribus; carpellis 1 vel 2, obscure late carinatis, 

 vix cristatis, ala media usque ad 7 cm longa. 



A scandent shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches terete, 

 reddish-brown or grayish, somewhat lenticellate. Leaves chartaceous or 

 subcoriaceous, elliptic-oblong to ovate-elliptic, 8 to 13 cm long, 3 to 5.5 

 cm wide, glabrous, shining, the base rounded, rarely subacute, the apex 

 prominently and usually abruptly acuminate; nerves about 6 on each 

 side of the midrib, prominent, curved upward, obscurely anastomosing, 

 the reticulations not prominent; petioles about 7 mm long, the leaf -base 

 with usually two distinct glands at the junction with the petiole. 

 Eacemes axillary, solitary, densely rather many-flowered, pubescent, in 

 anthesis 4 to 5 cna long, longer in fruit. Flowers pinkish-white, their 

 pedicels 10 to 12 mm long, longer in fruit. Sepals elliptic, rounded, 

 about 4 mm long, 2.5 mm wide, pubescent. Petals 10 to 12 mm long, 

 prominently fimbriate. Carpels one or two, slightly pubescent, with a 

 broad low ridge along the top but scarcely crested, the central wing 6 

 to 7 cm long, usually about 1.5 cm wide, \somewhat narrowed at both 

 ends, apex obtuse, the lateral wings similar and about one-half as long. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens s. n., May, 1907, the specimen in fruit 

 (type), and also no. 1056, same date, in flower; 



Thi-s species grows in thickets and forests along the margin of the lake, the 

 young leaves and rather prominent fruits being red in color. It is manifestly 

 allied to H. benghalensis (L. ) 0. Ktze., differing especially in its much larger 

 wings. 



